# addChild not working with library clip (attachMovie AS2 migration)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-not-working-with-library-clip-attachmovie-as2-migration/294563>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 16, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-not-working-with-library-clip-attachmovie-as2-migration/294563 "2009-08-16T19:09:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![clem\_c\_rock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@clem\_c\_rock](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/clem_c_rock)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/addchild-not-working-with-library-clip-attachmovie-as2-migration/294563/1 "2009-08-16T19:09:07Z")

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Hello, I’m having a problem adding a library clip to my stage

I can do no problem if I have a testFLV.fla that has a library clip called test\_clip with the linkage set to: com.attach\_clips.Clip.

```auto

import com.app.views.mediaDisplay;
import com.attach_clips.Clip;

public class FLVTest extends Sprite 
{
    private var _mediaDisplay:mediaDisplay;
    
    public function FLVTest() 
    {
        this._mediaDisplay = new mediaDisplay(null);
        var clip_1_mc:Clip=new Clip();
        var clip_1_mc:Clip=new Clip();
        this.addChild(clip_1_mc);
        clip_1_mc.x=100;
    }
}

```

If I use the same concept in my mediaDisplay class, the clip isn’t added to the stage. Obviously it’s got to be a scope issue since ‘this’ in the first example  
represents the .fla itself but in mediaDisplay this doesn’t have a stage object.

```auto

package com.app.views 
{

    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import com.attach_clips.Clip;
    
    public class mediaDisplay extends Sprite 
    {
    
        public function mediaDisplay(attachControls:Sprite) 
        {
            var clip_1_mc:Clip=new Clip();
            this.addChild(clip_1_mc);
            clip_1_mc.x=100; 
        };
    }
}

```

Any ideas how I could ‘attach’ test\_clip to the stage from mediaDisplay?

Thanks,  
Clem c